Stuart Broad, on tour with England in the Caribbean, has talked about his father Chris's "horrific" experience in Lahore during the terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team, and expressed his condolences to the "families and loved ones who lost people in the incident".

Chris Broad, the former England batsman who is now a Test umpire and was the match referee for the game against Pakistan, was praised for his bravery after it emerged that he used his body to protect another official, Ahsan Raza, after his colleague had been wounded.

Broad was seen walking around in a blood-stained shirt in the minutes after the outrage, in which a dozen heavily armed militants attacked the Sri Lanka team bus, injuring nine players and officials and killing at least six people.

Stuart said: "My dad saw things that he never expected to see and he never wants to see again. It was dreadful. I spoke to him in the early hours of this morning and he was obviously very shook up by it all. It has obviously been really heart-breaking for him."

Broad junior added: "He got safely out of Pakistan to Abu Dhabi, I think. He is safe and well and looking forward to getting back to the UK.

"Not just for my old man, but for the whole of the Sri Lankan side, it is a dreadful thing to have happened. Luckily none of them got seriously injured and they've escaped okay.

"It is just an horrific incident and we all feel for them because we can sort of relate to the situation. Obviously our condolences go out to the families and loved ones who lost people in the incident."

Broad senior was one of several match officials and umpires travelling in a minibus directly behind the Sri Lanka bus when it was attacked.

According to Nadeem Ghouri, the Pakistani Test umpire also travelling in the minibus, the Englishman dived on top of Pakistan's Ahsan Raza, the fourth umpire, to protect him after he was shot in the back. "[Raza] has been operated on and his condition is not life-threatening. In fact, he is stable," the Pakistan Cricket Board's chief operating officer, Salim Altaf, said.

The former England bowler Dominic Cork, who was working as a commentator for Pakistani television, said that although Broad was unhurt he was left spattered with blood after the attack.

"He [Broad] said it was the most frightening experience of his life," Cork said. "Their driver was shot and they had to ask a policeman to drive them to the stadium."

Cork added: "I won't be coming back here while I'm still living, there is no chance. I don't think international cricket should return to this country."

Sri Lanka's British assistant coach, Paul Farbrace, was injured in the attack, but Hugh Morris, the England and Wales Cricket Board's managing director, said: "I exchanged text messages this morning with him. Thankfully he is OK.

"Paul used to work for the ECB for 10 years or so, so we're very close to people involved and our players obviously play against the Sri Lankan players on a regular basis.

"We are a small community and when a terrible event like this happens our hearts really go out to them.

"Our thoughts go out to everybody that was caught up in the attack, particularly those who were injured, and the families of those that were killed.

"It was just a shocking day for everybody, particularly those that are involved in cricket."